List of amphibians of California

Species that are probably extirpated are indicated with an asterisk (*).

## Order Anura

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### Family Ascaphidae

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| Ascaphus truei | Coast tailed frog

### Family Bufonidae

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| Incilius alvarius | Sonoran desert toad *
| Anaxyrus boreas halophilus | Western toad
| Anaxyrus californicus | Arroyo toad
| Anaxyrus canorus [e] | Yosemite toad
| Anaxyrus cognatus | Great Plains toad
| Anaxyrus exsul [e] | Black toad
| Anaxyrus microscaphus | Arizona toad *
| Anaxyrus punctatus | Red-spotted toad
| Anaxyrus woodhousii | Woodhouse's toad

### Family Hylidae

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| Pseudacris cadaverina | California chorus frog
| Pseudacris hypochondriaca | Southern Pacific chorus frog
| Pseudacris regilla | Northern Pacific chorus frog
| Pseudacris sierra | Central Pacific chorus frog

### Family Scaphiopodidae

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| Scaphiopus couchii | Couch's spadefoot
| Spea hammondii | Western spadefoot
| Spea intermontana | Great Basin spadefoot

### Family Ranidae

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| Lithobates berlandieri [i] | Rio Grande leopard frog
| Lithobates catesbeianus [i] | American bullfrog
| Lithobates pipiens | Northern leopard frog
| Lithobates sphenocephalus [i] | Southern leopard frog *
| Lithobates yavapaiensis | Lowland leopard frog *
| Rana aurora | Northern red-legged frog
| Rana boylii | Foothill yellow-legged frog
| Rana cascadae | Cascades frog
| Rana draytonii | California red-legged frog
| Rana luteiventris | Columbia spotted frog *
| Rana muscosa [e] | Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
| Rana pretiosa | Oregon spotted frog *
| Rana sierrae | Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog

### Family Eleutherodactylidae

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| Eleutherodactylus coqui[i] | Common coquí

### Family Pipidae

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| Xenopus laevis [i] | African clawed frog

## Order Caudata

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### Family Ambystomatidae

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| Ambystoma californiense [e] | California tiger salamander
| Ambystoma gracile | Northwestern salamander
| Ambystoma macrodactylum | Long-toed salamander
| Ambystoma mavortium[i] | Barred tiger salamander

### Family Dicamptodontidae

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Image  | Species  | Common name

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| Dicamptodon ensatus [e] | California giant salamander
| Dicamptodon tenebrosus | Pacific giant salamander

### Family Plethodontidae

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Image  | Species  | Common name

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| Aneides ferreus | Clouded salamander
| Aneides flavipunctatus | Speckled black salamander
| Aneides iecanus | Shasta black salamander
| Aneides klamathensis | Klamath black salamander
| Aneides lugubris | Arboreal salamander
| Aneides niger | Santa Cruz black salamander
| Aneides vagrans [e] | Wandering salamander
| Batrachoseps altasierrae | Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander
| Batrachoseps attenuatus | California slender salamander
| Batrachoseps bramei | Fairview slender salamander
| Batrachoseps campi [e] | Inyo Mountains slender salamander
| Batrachoseps diabolicus [e] | Hell Hollow slender salamander
| Batrachoseps gabrieli [e] | San Gabriel Mountains slender salamander
| Batrachoseps gavilanensis [e] | Gabilan Mountains slender salamander
| Batrachoseps gregarius [e] | Gregarious slender salamander
| Batrachoseps incognitus [e] | San Simeon slender salamander
| Batrachoseps kawia [e] | Sequoia slender salamander
| Batrachoseps luciae [e] | Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander
| Batrachoseps major | Garden slender salamander
| Batrachoseps minor [e] | Lesser slender salamander
| Batrachoseps nigriventris [e] | Black-bellied slender salamander
| Batrachoseps pacificus [e] | Channel Islands slender salamander
| Batrachoseps regius [e] | Kings River slender salamander
| Batrachoseps relictus [e] | Relictual slender salamander
| Batrachoseps robustus [e] | Kern Plateau slender salamander
| Batrachoseps simatus [e] | Kern Canyon slender salamander
| Batrachoseps stebbinsi [e] | Tehachapi slender salamander
| Batrachoseps wakei | Arguello slender salamander[e]
| Ensatina eschscholtzii | Ensatina
| Hydromantes brunus [e] | Limestone salamander
| Hydromantes platycephalus [e] | Mount Lyell salamander
| Hydromantes samweli[e] | Samwel Shasta salamander
| Hydromantes shastae [e] | Shasta salamander
| Hydromantes wintu [e] | Windu Shasta salamander
| Plethodon asupak [e] | Scott Bar salamander
| Plethodon dunni | Dunn's salamander
| Plethodon elongatus | Del Norte salamander
| Plethodon stormi | Siskiyou Mountains salamander

### Family Rhyacotritonidae

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| Rhyacotriton variegatus | Southern torrent salamander

### Family Salamandridae

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Image  | Species  | Common name

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| Taricha granulosa | Rough-skinned newt
| Taricha rivularis [e] | Red-bellied newt
| Taricha sierrae [e] | Sierra Nevada newt
| Taricha torosa [e] | California newt

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